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Previous Issues
Climate
June 2024
Harsh Winter Kills Whatcom Survey Mussels
by Meghan Fenwick Every other winter, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) biologists and volunteers deploy cages of mussels on Puget Sound nearshore beaches to test water quality. It typically takes six months to a year for lab results … Continue reading
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June 2024
Biden Administration to End Coal Leasing in Powder River Basin
The Bureau of Land Management released a final environmental impact statement for two Powder River Basin resource management plans, finding that there would be significant impacts to our climate, human health, and the environment from continuing to lease the region’s … Continue reading
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Oct/Nov 2023
Waterfront Neighborhoods Object to Scrap Metal Plans
by Bill Craven It was not a good night for ABC Recycling, the British Columbia company with an existing scrap metal operation on the Bellingham waterfront. It has hopes for its first industrial metal shredder on Marine Drive, just north … Continue reading
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September 2023
Scrap Metal Chat? Time for a Public Conversation
by Bill Craven I would have thought that transforming the scenic Bellingham waterfront into an industrial export hub for western Canada’s largest scrap metal company, ABC Recycling, would have generated a larger public buzz. Now, ABC has purchased 20 acres … Continue reading
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